What's Lizzie Linking to?

Uphill Climb, from the series Sweet Science, credited to Elizabeth Fraser Photography.

* New Yorker has decided on their top 12 Eustace covers from 2008, and gave the wonderful Banksy some love.
* Velo Brooklyn (Bushwick's lean, mean bike shop) gets profiled at BushwickBK (preview: it's owned by a young chick!)
* If you buy chicken from Murray's, you can now track where it came from and find out more about that local farm!
* BrooklynVegan reports on the Motel Motel show (amazing!) at Market Hotel. Definitely the band to look out for in 2009.
* Photosmashing makes me want to break out my Holga camera again.
* The beautiful, new site NYC Graphic has a chat with Dean Haspiel who is "Bleeding Hipster Ink".
* 25 Random Things (the Facebook chain letter), has taken over the internet. (NYtimes.com)
* Tell my brother to update his site.

Music Suggestions:
Passion Pit (electronic/pop), Sondre Lerche (pop/indie/dub), and The Depreciation Guild (pop/experimental).

'Anti-Oxidant' Video Salon @ Northeast Kingdom

Marissa Nadler - Famous Blue Raincoat from Greg Eggebeen on Vimeo.

In my little corner of Bushwick, we have this wonderful restaurant called Northeast Kingdom, and for awhile now, it was the only reason that young, hip adults of Brooklyn to venture over to the Jefferson stop on the L. Like a little bubble in this otherwise fairly non-gentrified neighborhood, Northeast Kingdom serves a variety of exquisitely produced comfort foods, all compiled from local and organic farms. They also have lovely beers on tap (like Allagash, a personal favorite for the summer). It takes all of 3 minutes to settle into Northeast Kingdom and feel like you are in a wooden lodge somewhere far away from Brooklyn, eating food cooked by your cheek-pinching grandmother as you converse with long-lost friends.

So, how does this relate to Greg Eggebeen's video done to Marissa Nadler's cover of Famous Blue Raincoat? Well, according to BushwickBK (my fav Bushwick website), Northeast Kingdom hosts (randomly, really) an event called the 'Anti-Oxidant' video salon, and it has only been getting better and better. The event has really taken shape since local artist Christina Medina has taken over, and this weeks videos were all centered around local music (hence Marissa Nadler!) Man, oh man, if Eggebeen's video is any representation of the caliber of art being show at these events, I will NOT miss the next one on February 11th. It's beautiful, flowing and haunting yet still lovingly nostalgic. Eggebeen did an amazing job of capturing the subtle emotions at play behind Nadler's cover.

Other videos/artists showcased that night:
Opening video by Fritz Donnely.
Drew and the Medicinal Pens (who performed live afterwards!)
Matthew Dunehoo (formally of Baby Teardrops)
A/D
Ryan Power of Burlington, Vermont
Worm

Bushwick, Brooklyn

From BushwickBK.com . Urban Jungle Vintage store on 120 Knickerbocker Street.

Ah, my new home (since Aug 1st). I could ramble on and on about Bushwick (it's ups and downs, ins and outs), but I'm really just interested in pointing everyone to www.bushwickbk.com if you live in the area. This site is awesome, and makes me want to explore the neighborhood even more (and in a safe, well informed way). Something I didn't know about (and that I'm really looking forward to) is the Urban Jungle Vintage store on Knickerbocker. Or even the junk shop on Starr, right by Los Hermanos, the best taco stand in Bushwick. For more info on all, look at the business map here from BushwickBK. Give them all a try!